What does jive talkin mean

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Thread starter joranz Start date Dec 7, But my confusion grows trying to figure out the meaning of such phrase. Can somebody give me a hand? Please cite the phrase or sentence or line that has you perplexed, and tell us what you think the entire song is about.

Without context and background, you can expect guesses. It's not at all clear whether you are asking about the song title or part of the lyric.

Here's part of the lyrics. It's just your jive talkin' you're telling me lies, yeah Jive talkin' you wear a disguise Can somebody help, please? My understanding of the phrase is that it means street talk or argot. Can any AE expert expand? Red Red Rose New Member english speaking usa. To my knowledge I think it means to be evasive, talking about something else beside the point, in order to avoid the issues at stake.

Or to talk about something that you know to be irrelevant to the mood at the moment. Nglish: Translation of jive for Spanish Speakers. Subscribe to America's largest dictionary and get thousands more definitions and advanced search—ad free!

Log in Sign Up. Save Word. Definition of jive Entry 1 of 3. Definition of jive Entry 2 of 3. Definition of jive Entry 3 of 3. Jive vs. Jibe People began confusing jive and jibe almost immediately after jive entered our language in the late s. Examples of jive in a Sentence Noun She grew up talking street jive.

I'm tired of listening to your jive. Verb I know he's just jiving me. Don't take him seriously—he's just jiving. Everyone was jiving to the beat. Adjective don't give me that jive talk about me being your new best friend. Recent Examples on the Web: Noun The Talk host uses her off time to teach online fitness classes, but no amount of extra-curricular cardio seemed to help with her underwhelming jive that featured one too many lifts.

First Known Use of jive Noun , in the meaning defined at sense 1a Verb , in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1 Adjective , in the meaning defined above. History and Etymology for jive Noun, Verb, and Adjective origin unknown. Learn More About jive.

Time Traveler for jive The first known use of jive was in See more words from the same year. From the Editors at Merriam-Webster. Style: MLA. More Definitions for jive.